The 5 Stages of Learning Cyber Security

[@williambarney2874]

You nailed my first Cybersecurity job. Mid 50s with an hour commute. Put my time and work in. Just landed a job 5 miles from home, 4 day work week and a 35k increase. Not the end of the road but a step in the right direction. I was 48 when I took my first IT/Cybersecurity job. Make it happen!

[@Niggro07]

Inspirational post, good luck in all you do.

[@LUCAS-dh5gg]

Dahm really nice how did you start with learning it?

[@bigerrncodes]

cheers fam keep on truckin

[@JCSx777]

Love this man! Thank you for sharing your story, it’s much appreciated

[@ogundejiabiodun2406]

This is an inspiration

[@alicelidell3945]

The 5 stages: 0:49 stage one "denial" 2:00 stage two "anger" 3:33 stage three "bargaining" 4:30 stage four "depression" 7:56 stage five "acceptance" Thank you for this video!

[@dennisdow]

Side note, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross didn't ever document these as stages but aspects of grief. Remarkable work at the time, but her survey was simply a single point in time. She diminished the "stages" idea about 7 years after publishing her work, but by then, the industry had latched on to it as dogma. She later surrendered to the fallacy

[@andymutale368]

Im always cycling between stages 2 ,3 and 4😅😅😅

[@loveUbleach4ever]

I am at a stage of Clinical Depression because of my PhD in CyberSecurity and AI, your videos are making me get through it everyday.

[@sergiunica6166]

This is so relatable, not only in Cyber Security, but IT in general.

[@elchacal801]

This was my life for the past 2 years. Started from nothing and finally made it into IT to my now second security job at a fortune 250 company. You can do it, you just gotta get through the depression and existentialism 😂

[@aieverythingsfine]

Im just through my first year now, its a slog bro, congratulations

[@steelresilience]

Why is this so accurate? I have an MIS degree, and a Sec+ in a heavily DoD city. I'll have customers ask, "Why are you working here with a Sec+?" Bruh, idk. My resume is good, I have Sec+ and Google Cyber Cert, maybe it's HR's fault.

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

Sec+ doesn't mean anything, and most people understand that. It's a good start but that's about it. It doesn't really show advanced skills. Even CISSP isn't truly impressive. Experience is what counts.

[@fangboston4997]

​​@aa1bb2cc3dd4 100%. Even general IT experience is needed to break into CyberSec. However, it's really difficult to land experience in CyberSec without a degree, a few certs, and overall IT experience. The market is FULL.

[@vectoralphaSec]

@@aa1bb2cc3dd4 There is no way to show experience.

[@k.b.5079]

@@aa1bb2cc3dd4well we got to get this coveted experience somehow😂

[@ItamarGlikman]

Correct​@@aa1bb2cc3dd4

[@FadeLight-ud2sl]

perfect timing for me to see this. back to the grind

[@jamest9638]

same

[@mackblayz24]

Fact

[@Scolar69]

I'll be an ceo of cybersecurity company believe it

[@s.c342]

Alright Naruto lol

[@s0zz1337]

same here man, we got this

[@kousei4999]

You can do it man, it's gonna take some time but don't give up on that dream

[@elchacal801]

CISO-MINDED

[@GruesomeUntitledYale]

Believe It

[@Tentegen]

....people ACTUALLY think a 6 month road map would land them in CYSEC??? bro i got my Sec+ and the most i hoped for was that hr would just send me an email back. Thats it. Learned my lesson from getting my A+ years ago and NO one gave a shit. Thanks for your most recent video of the God-Tier road map. Im so outside of the sphere of cyber security, i was at a loss of what to do next. Manipulating my yt algorithm to find more CySec creators that i ACTUALLY ENJOY is a massive help. I know to learn this shit, it HAS to be part of my daily life. .......and what better way to do it than to watch CySec shitpost type videos! 😊 Instant sub

[@skiddadleskidoodle4585]

What CySec creators did you manage to find?

[@mayankparihar2002]

Amazing video learned many new things. The last line inspired me a lot "Winners never quit, and quitters never win"

[@blankthisoutplz]

Your memes are perfectly placed. The video is super engaging all the way through. Great info too.

[@ReconBee]

This channel is a gem! Hearing from an experienced cybersecurity analyst makes a huge difference, especially for those trying to break into tech.

[@mylosovich24]

This hits me in the feels.. been studying for 1.5yrs, have some low-level certs but am more focused on learning the tools & application/ methodology. Feel like I've barely scratched the surface & still work outside the field :/ Thanks for pushing this MH, connection/ handshake achieved

[@godsporter4634]

Keep going bro. This was me. I ended up joining the army to do SATCOM and circled back, but you will find your path. You heard what he said, it’s not all about certs. Keep studying, keep applying, find out what you need, figure out how to get it. Godspeed. Oh I guess I should say it took me 7 years to get to six figures. I took a hard path. You can get there much sooner.

[@mylosovich24]

@@godsporter4634 Appreciate you & thank you taking the time to share your thoughts! I'm working on programming, malware analysis and disassembly now, enjoy stripping things down to their foundations to understand them. Should probably be focusing more on network or iam if I want a job quicker, and will likely be taking a longer road like yourself, but there's something about being in the middle of all the action / keeping up to date with new things like bootkitty [linux uefi loader] / threat research and malware are where I'm gravitating. And my god the imposter syndrome is real, but the only way forward is through. went to my first ctf-based meetup last night and was so far behind [no exp with volatility3] after my regular studies today I'm going back to that lab...

[@KolateralXC]

Me who doesn't want a 6 figure paying remote job but wants to know everyone's dark secrets so I can turn them into puppets *laughs diabolically

[@rw2783]

This is so true. I’ve spent a year just on basic IT and I feel like I have only scratched the surface.

[@tubesism]

Dog I just want like… an actual living. Why is there seemingly no middle ground between “make work your entire existence” and “be perpetually poor and never afford retirement”?

[@kenzy997]

I'm at the weird coasting stage where I've finally gotten a general IT job doing a variety of work that I enjoy, so I push off the cybersecurity studying. But I realize some of the studying I already did before, and haven't kept up with, is starting to regress.

[@ThePatheticPenTester]

"That's my secret. I'm always angry" - Dr. Banner. Pretty much sums up my cybersecurity journey, lol.

[@MrsMadHat]

For the love of Mad Hat make the merch!!!!

[@Asafo-AdjeiJensenKwekuSedem]

Informative, accurate and funny. Just installed Kali and I'm in the second stage.

[@swak_za]

Appreciate your videos. Much better format than the influencer creators

[@siyabongamjwara2982]

Been working as a Systems Engineer for about 8 years now. I wanted to add Cybersecurity to the skills I already have. Can't wait to start

[@d4n392v2]

@Mad Hat I needed this. Thank you : )

[@acemediav]

Watching this mere hours before my first interview in IT is surprisingly very motivational lol

[@madhatistaken]

How'd it go?

[@acemediav]

@@madhatistaken It went so well actually! Making the interviewer laugh was my strategy haha. Found out the next step is gonna be a panel interview and the CTO is gonna be present. So I'm triple more nervous for this one, than the one I just took T_T

[@madhatistaken]

@@acemediav Awesome! First interview is usually check to see how normal someone is followed by technical round. Make sure to study up!

[@acemediav]

@@madhatistaken Absolutely I will! Your videos is such a help. Thanks so much, keep posting!

[@Tsunamimiko]

I don't know if you've made a video on this, but could you make one on all the cybersecurity niches you know about? Also thank you for this video. I have definitely been on a journey with Cybersecurity...I'm an art kid so having to learn so many technical things has been frying my brain and I'm still learning how to think differently when it comes to this career.

[@madhatistaken]

I did 😀💚 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH6rlWeniJeiaNk Hope it helps clarify the niches!

[@jreynolds9895]

What ever happened to typing some random crap, hit enter, slurp some coffee, wait for compiling, lunch break, click randomly on a bunch of stuff, execute, slurp some more coffee, done and done. The next day, rinse and repeat , easter to christmas.

[@chaymabh2050]

I'm glad I watched this video , because it speaks volumes to me. Starting off as a biologist with two bachelors for it, then switching to Machine Learning Masters for Health Care, then getting a scholarship to continue Software Engineering and graduating last June and now working as a full stack engineer, I'm might or might not be thinking too much about the "What ifs" . What if I started this earlier, maybe I would have a better job, maybe I would've already been in cyber security, maybe , maybe....

[@dlikescheese]

You are something else. Impressive effort

[@CyberFraming]

i finally did my first *successful* RE in ghdira modifying an old Super Star Trek CLI game, this video reminds me of the journey ahead. I accept this quest!

[@tekkon404]

seeing this while procrastinating by playing wow classic hc hits different

[@nercode]

i can imagine how hard to make video like this... memes so good in right time... masterpiece 🙂

[@madhatistaken]

I'm glad the memes are appreciated 😅💚

[@BananaNinja]

currently in the acceptance stage as of recently, thought some cerrts would open the flood gates but was sadly mistaken, now I spend my time on a personal lab learning a huge enterprise software just so I can slap it onto my resume/portfolio & continue the knowledge journey

[@bfftv2564]

Man your videos always so relatable! . Are you sure you ain’t spying on me?

[@akhi_zayd]

😂😂😂 Ahhh man, mad hat never disappoints with the meme edits - top class 👍🏽👌🏽💯💯

[@lyubenpetrov6430]

I also majored in Computer Science in uni. And the debugging was the worst. And that is 80% of the job. So even then I knew that wasn't for me. I did my minor in Cybersec, then worked for an year as an auditor during which time I focused on getting some certs. And now I am a pentester! And ever since I got this job, I have been studying even harder than before. Most evenings and weekends are spent learning. But I love it. And I now somehow love getting errors and debugging. But debugging with the goal of learning more about the system and breaking it is a lot more fun than debugging to fix it. 😆

[@jaypanchalez]

I am in my 3rd year of college doing the same degree and I have learned some basics of cybersec and want to try pentesting, also need practical knowledge so can you please tell me what should I do I m stuck 😢

[@Nsa_hacker]

If all fails turn gray hat

[@J_G_Network]

Thank you for the content, I am going through some stages of learning cybersecurity....

[@botondtoth9316]

This is the guy, who told his guildies/friends he can heal the raid/mythic dungeon with his priest, but in secret he is maining shadow priest

[@Andrew_Middleton]

Right now taking the google cyber cert off of Coursera and currently trying to start personal project right now at the sametime. Im currently just frustrated bc Im for whatever reason struggling with SQL and its filters/ queries but still persevering so I can get a better job and do better than a blue collar job that I been doing for 12 yrs. So much fun to learn all this new stuff but aggravating at times as well

[@WilliusMaximus]

I've been blitzing through a degree all year, it wasn't easy or fun but i have one class left i'll hopefully finish this month. After that the fun begins! going to get into digital forensics with the 13 cubed courses and some detection engineering

[@bugramelh]

Your videos are amazing, and the funny short clips you include in between are just perfect! They always make me laugh. Keep up the great work! Thanks to GPT i said it.

[@TrialByFyr]

Great video dude👌🏿

[@aieverythingsfine]

Year in and im getting some progress but thecompetition for junior roles is intense. Got into top 1000 on HTB but ngl, Hacking actual companies is a differnet kettle of fish from doing boxes with a guarenteed vulnerability. Managed a bug on intigriti but no payout due to being out of scope. Started having some interest from employers after I made my HTB profile public and linked my writeups. Get MASSIVE differences in what companies are looking for, some require CompSci degree and charted certs. Others dont care about certs and whant proof of the pudding (presumably had to many compsci kids who couldnt hack it...excuse the pun)

[@comosaycomosah]

😂 got a good chuckle at anger being the longest stage

[@simplepyro7897]

0:50 As someone from Egypt, I liked that Joke 🤣 Approved😆👌

[@DulanjanaBhagya]

Thank you for the video. I needed that. 😅

[@techbiotic8831]

Madhat is the goat.

[@shadestrider1033]

I never thought it would be easy. I want to brush up on networking first.

[@TracksWithDax]

I'm getting in, I don't care how! I decided that one year from now, I want to be comfortable with navigation in Windows and Linux CLI as well as relatively fluent in Python and SQL

[@drearbeast5190]

Started at 50k with an hour commute. 5:17 felt like a real kick in the balls

[@cuqier5889]

You know what is relatable irl? That even through prestigious MEng studies in Cryptography, coupled with multiple months of constant learning and over a year of working experience as DevOps, I was able to land maybe 2 inteviews for CyberSec related roles... and they offered minimal wages for Expert position, On-site, in a big city. I had to literally change career path into fcking management to hope for anything decent. I don't want to discourage anyone but the reality is brutal, even if you are able to do your job even before any actual work experience, the corporate world will swallow you up and shit you out. Thus, getting an entry position is a torture, and the salaries are horrible, if you accept this fact then keep going and good luck.

[@mattybadger13]

I work the night shift and i have about 5 hours of "freetime" every night. Ive been spending between 3 and 4 hours a night working towards a career in cyber security. Some nights I get crazy dopamine hits, other nights im miserable and suffering. But this is fun so far.

[@KnellAnwyll]

Been in the field for 5 years and struggling to find a Job

[@Sight-Beyond-Sight]

I started in technical support and worked my way up to a systems administrator and network engineer. I spent 13 years at that job before being let go due to the shifting politics of management. I had gained a bachelors in Cybersecurity while working there but I was never tapped for this skillset. I had to take a position as a datacenter technician as my skills rusted HORRIBLY (due to how outdated everything was at the previous place)!!! I am getting back into where I should be slowly. Now, if I want to become that cybersecurity guy here, I could talk with the main security guru for some extras (garbage work) in order to skill up AND slowly inch there while already collecting a paycheck.

[@s0zz1337]

This gonna be a good one I can tell

[@SancLogic]

My current issue now is finding time to study. 😅 I know what I want to do and am just chipping away the best I can day by day and not think too much about it.

[@musikhippie4030]

I needed this, as a graduate hitting the job market I've been in denial and anger XD. got the bachelors degree in IT and a getting a masters now.

[@FantomShade]

I subscribed because of the balaclava.

[@neqwise2641]

😂😂😂😂Your video is so funny I can’t focus. I have to rewind.

[@Sage.highstrike]

The fact that I laughed as hard as I did is a testament of how true all this was

[@Raging_Baconbits]

I currently work construction. Ive been studying for the Sec+ cert for the last year because some days i have the time when i get off work some days i dont. But i want to change careers because i really can't stand the company i work for mostly and also i enjoy computers

[@flamingcapybara7089]

nice ten-minute-youtube-video-content broseph

[@34qwredsdf435]

wow, this is so accurate

[@stevest15]

I have been in and out of college because I chose a major I didn't care about now I want a cybersecurity job to not feel like a failure.

[@WagudCode]

My cybersecurity tip is to not put your files online. Return to 80s Reaganomics-American, buy a filing cabinet and make your files physical. Companies should hire, I bring the ideas to make you immune to hackers.

[@6364-d3y]

Just a heads up, the Security+ Study Guide link in your description goes to the old 601 version.

[@rickymolnar]

So I'm going to spend all of my time learning and working on improving my skills, it's going to take me way more time than I thought, and I'm going to have to work my ass off just to land a daily grind job where I'm writing code debugging stuff all day and won't ever have to use all of those skills I spent all my time learning? That sounds phenomenal.

[@yaMtvy]

U got him wrong

[@brenenn1562]

Literally used to be a carpenter who did concrete before my help desk position now, he nailed it. lmaoooo

[@RogueOutlaw11]

Late Night Tears is the name of Mad Hat’s new energy drink.

[@madhatistaken]

Not a bad idea 😅🤔

[@RogueOutlaw11]

@ at least a great T-Shirt design. Do you think you will ever do merch? I need a way to find Mad Hat subscribers in the wild. lol

[@madhatistaken]

@@RogueOutlaw11 It's pretty easy to setup merch having done it before for an old business I closed down. I just don't feel like the demand is there yet. Maybe one day 💚

[@MrsMadHat]

@@madhatistakenTHE DEMAND IS HERE

[@mr.atomictitan9938]

Don’t do cybersecurity only for the money. The only lesson you should learn

[@YukiH-q9d]

Really?

[@Brownnoise443]

I’m doing it for the celebrity status

[@--Morpheus--]

Lol

[@Rexoblu]

We all do things for money you baboon. If I could choose any job it would be streaming but life ain’t that easy 😂

[@k1d9099]

im doing it cuz i got nothing better to do

[@yobanicruz9351]

I'm working on my 3rd cert ccna

[@godsporter4634]

Took me 7 years guys. Started out doing SATCOM in the army. I hated my life for a long time. And honestly still grinding… but finally got the 6 figures. Eh. Happy grinding I guess. You’ll realize why IT ppl joke about being dead inside.

[@Brownnoise443]

I must be in denial cause I’m siting here saying “Don’t tempt me with a good time”

[@s0zz1337]

So I wasn't going crazy, you really have been using Naruto music in videos... I'm gonna be Hokage of a CS firm.

[@madhatistaken]

😅I sprinkle it in every now and then. Best of luck in your training to become Hokage!

[@Italiangentleman2394]

Ive been doing googles cyber security certificate and IBM threat intelligence while I also study for sec+ im trying I'm getting there

[@mossowikykerfi]

Got in cybersec by accident, still have bunch of emotions just for different reasons all my 3 years. And I can say that coding is the best part because its automating annoying shit and is more fun then handling stupid alerts. Am so confused who still believes that junior sybersec suddenly would pay more then other junior positions, still biggest part of executives do not care about security untill the coorp got really hacked. Better go for more narrow junior positions, its a big difference between learning one thing instead of plethora at a time.

[@swagmuffin9000]

I was at the give up stage, just opened my laptop after this

[@infini.tesimo]

Mad Hat doing the pro security stuff on KZbin by throwing off the AI auto caption on what Zeus actually said there at the end.

[@AlEx-ty9yk]

My lazy ass needed this. Thank you!

[@yahav7]

Don't know whether to say thank you or start crying. One way or another you have to start grinding

[@bakurathewerewolf8121]

men the warcraft clips be calling me out

[@brandonmilburn3176]

Only mad hat can make a video that makes me hate my life more 😅

[@bulba888]

Funny video references, keep going 🤣

[@ЗЗЗ]

I almost died here 5:35 hahahaha

[@iliyas6531]

Planning to go university next year for cybersecurity. I know it’s not necessarily the best but I just realised I’m way too lazy to do work on my own.

[@relaxeasy5410]

I'm at the stage where I just hate everyone...possibly anger...

[@washinours]

Nah the real title should be "the 5 stages of learning anything"

[@punderino5091]

This video really felt like I'm going through the same thing, at least for the computer science part (I also gave up one time and am still following the same major). I'm actually going through this hell right now. I'm currently studying computer science and am planning to finish it (since it's my final year). The thing is that I really don't see myself coding 40h a week at a full time job. Now last year I dove into cybersecurity and I think it is interesting for me + I also had a minor in cybersecurity which I finished with a good grade. The thing is I want to do cybersecurity after this year, should I? I know some things will be boring, but I've survived computer science so I don't think it's impossible. Any tips - I'm open for any advice or questions.

[@CharlieKelly-ub5qw]

I had something like a job interview; they called me, asked me a few questions, and now I start my training on Thursday and Friday. I'm only temporary for two weeks. Is that normal for an IT position?

[@harsheyzsyrup]

Well so im in 11th grade right now which is year 12 maybe? anyways getting on to the topic- i need advice badly. im not sure which university to choose and which undergrad course to go with and which university really. i reside in the UAE right now and my parents really want me to go to india and do a computer science course at a reputed place but as i wanna adventure into cybersec, i really want to go to the usa or Germany or something. could anyone help?

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

This video is BORDERLIN3 PSYCHO!😂😂👍

[@b6yg]

I might try the trade and might try to go to a community college to become an HVAC technician, hopefully for free with a grant in the future if I apply. I love the idea of hacking, but I don't think I would apply for these types of jobs.

[@Randinator]

I’m over halfway through my cloud computing degree at WGU. I have Sec+, A+, and I’m about to get Net+. I also have some cloud certs and the Linux fundamentals cert. I’ve gained enough confidence to have competent conversations with people about networking, the cloud, and cybersecurity. Here’s my question to anyone in the industry: On paper, do you think this is a solid enough background to start applying for jobs? I’ve been focusing on bolstering my resume for a while before I start applying for a lot of jobs. I know there are other factors like networking, but I could use any validation for the work I’ve put in, or any criticism is also welcome.

[@madhatistaken]

Those are good start. If you have some IT background I'd say you could start applying to jobs now for sure. If no IT background it might be a tough sell in the current state of the job market (high supply of applicants). The jobs that are listed now are going to be different than the ones you apply to after you graduate WGU and you never know if one of those jobs is truly entry level with the employer looking to teach someone on the job - so it will never hurt you to try applying. But it all comes down to time and whether you can handle the discouragement of not hearing back from most places.

[@bigerrncodes]

1:15 hit me like a fuckin train

[@haydenburns3773]

I’m currently in stage 2.5, no certificates yet but I’m on the road to get 2 and an it degree. Like damn this shit gets complicated.

[@librev5881]

Actually got hit up by a tech recruiting company to do an incident management gig recently. They have a multimonth training period and then a confirmed incident response gig. Do you have any input about this?

[@marcus123marcusrox]

the naruto music in the backround loooool

[@tamertamertamer4874]

Haven’t watched the video yet but the real last stage is selling your own bullshit cyber security product that does nothing for your client

[@hypedz1495]

Denial is everyone's def everyone's barrier.. They all just want a 6 fig salary not know how much work you have to put in. Thinking itll be a quick way. And think it'd be easy.

[@Ayo-PoL0]

Literally me......I got my sec + this august an then gave up afterwards.

[@Snoop_Dugg]

I got a friend who was working as a Systems engineer (testing, requirements elicitation) Her old boss recommended she does cybersecurity because its very complimentary to sys eng. I want to copy but am interested in the wisdom of the crowd, and further to that - what subset of cyber is best suited. Pentesting? Or more of an architect or management role?

[@mohclips]

OMG, so f-in true.